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Post by pilseung on May 1, 2008 19:07:57 GMT -5
I'm going to sell "well-being" packets of lard just to test the theory. ;D lol..Good one..Organic Lard!
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Post by tinkerbell on May 1, 2008 20:05:23 GMT -5
They peddled all that "well-being" stuff on the shopping network on "Pure in Heart". I must say they didn't have Organic Lard though. ;D
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Post by soapygrams on May 1, 2008 23:54:36 GMT -5
LOL - Lard is always organic, isn't it? unless it's FAKE LARD - sort of like that "fake margarine" - I actually saw a package of fake margarine about 25 years ago in an "off brand" store - I couldn't help laughing out loud - I think the other shoppers thought I was a real head case - they made a wide space around me LOL - I wish I had bought a package and just kept the packaging - I could probably have sold in on e-bay - LOL
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Post by tinkerbell on May 5, 2008 12:19:53 GMT -5
Soapygrams, I think lard has preservatives in it so it has a longer shelf life. Organic products are free of all chemicals I believe.
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Post by Soju on May 5, 2008 22:23:07 GMT -5
One of the 'Out Stores' at the Niles H-mart is called "Well-being Town". I bought some ginseng extract there. Wasn't cheap! Regarding the furniture, that probably explains the phenomenon of 'Duo-Back' chairs in Korea. I just don't get that.
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Post by pilseung on May 6, 2008 1:37:49 GMT -5
I know some Korean well-being products may not be as good as the adverts claim,but I can vouch for the benefits of vegetable juice that some Koreans take on a regular basis.[In the k-drama ROSEMARY,for example,there was one scene where the husband drank vegetable juice made by his wife for breakfast.] For the past 3 years,I drink vegetable juice at least once a week.I extract it from the raw form of ginger,cucumber,carrots,parsley,celery and wheatgrass.I use a special juicer [brand:GREEN POWER,made in Korea] that can even juice wheatgrass.It cost me about 600 bucks and works at a very low turning speed so that the enzymes in the juice are not destroyed by the heat which gets dissapated if I used a normal juicer instead. I admit that the juice is unpleasant to drink. My Aunt always makes a comment about how strong the raw-vegetable-smell is!LOL..Anyway,my total cholesterol is stable(about 4.2),my vital organs(heart,liver,kidneys) are of a good size according to ultrasound checks and my close pals say I've got very few grey hairs now whereas two years ago,the same guys were making fun of me that I had alot!LOL...
BOTTOM LINE: I LOVE my Korean juice extractor! ;D
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Post by Soju on May 6, 2008 7:44:33 GMT -5
Hmm, I'll have to look for one of those. I have tried making my own ginseng extract by cooking some fresh ginseng (which isn't cheap either) in a pot of water. I think I feel better when I have that, rather than the commercial stuff, but doing it without excess heat, as you say, would probably be a good idea.
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Post by pilseung on May 6, 2008 8:12:29 GMT -5
Hmm, I'll have to look for one of those. I have tried making my own ginseng extract by cooking some fresh ginseng (which isn't cheap either) in a pot of water. I think I feel better when I have that, rather than the commercial stuff, but doing it without excess heat, as you say, would probably be a good idea. Soju My late Grandma[traditional Chinese lady] used to make me take extract of ginseng drink/soup the following morning after any day on which I complained to her about feeling lethargic.That is,despite actually having a good night's sleep!I must confess,it always did the trick. There were two things she always insisted on;ONLY Korean ginseng was good enough and,also,she made me drink it at about 430am when I was half asleep[this apparently enhanced its effects!].Unfortunately,I don't know how she prepared it except to say that I know she used to ''double'' boil it.It's the same way Chinese bird's nest soup is made. I do believe directly boiling ginseng will cause damage to the root which,as you said above,is expensive!!
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Post by puppy on May 6, 2008 14:35:46 GMT -5
West Indians chop it raw and squeeze out the juice. (I use a very clean garlic press. They grate it like they do with coconut.) It takes a lot of ginger to make half a cup but that lasts a while because you only mix a teaspoon with honey, a squeeze of lemon, and spring water. Dink it cold. Heat weakens the potency.
I drink it around 3 PM, dragging time. It's better than those energy drinks.
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Post by Soju on May 6, 2008 18:19:13 GMT -5
I stopped into a Korean store this afternoon, in a strip mall on the North side of Golf Rd., a bit East of the Tri-state Tollway, to check one of these juicers out in person. Boy, they are LARGE. I'm already being crowded out of my kitchen by all the gadgets I have. I don't know where I could fit it in. By the way, here is the manufacturer's Web site. While there, my eye was caught by some washboards. There was an article in the New York Times the other day about the last remaining American manufacturer of washboards, but we see characters (especially single men) using them in K-dramas all the time. As I was looking at the label, I was amused to see that it, too, was for "Well-being" "Organic Lard" would have to be from hogs raised organically. Kosher or Halal lard would be much more difficult
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Post by soapygrams on May 6, 2008 20:10:54 GMT -5
;D KOSHER OR HALAL LARD??? - I only know of lard rendered from pork fat. You can also render fat from chicken and geese. We all know about those little globs of fat in homemade chicken soup. right? The fat from geese is the one I'm familiar with - it was called "goose grease" in the German side of our family. One of the very "old" ways of eating it was spread on home-baked bread with a sprinkle of sugar over it. Yeah, I know it sounds sort of yucky - but when you're a little kid, you just don't know any better LOL and so it tasted okay. I liked peanut butter much better though. LOL When I said organic I meant that it came from the animal and was not artificially manufactured from other sources like oleo - and especially "fake Oleo". \
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Post by pilseung on May 9, 2008 10:05:40 GMT -5
Kosher or Halal lard would be much more difficult LOL ;D Now that would be hard to find;sorta like odorless perfume.
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Post by ginnycat5 on May 13, 2008 19:48:14 GMT -5
I know some Korean well-being products may not be as good as the adverts claim,but I can vouch for the benefits of vegetable juice that some Koreans take on a regular basis.[In the k-drama ROSEMARY,for example,there was one scene where the husband drank vegetable juice made by his wife for breakfast.] For the past 3 years,I drink vegetable juice at least once a week.I extract it from the raw form of ginger,cucumber,carrots,parsley,celery and wheatgrass.I use a special juicer [brand:GREEN POWER,made in Korea] that can even juice wheatgrass.It cost me about 600 bucks and works at a very low turning speed so that the enzymes in the juice are not destroyed by the heat which gets dissapated if I used a normal juicer instead. I admit that the juice is unpleasant to drink. My Aunt always makes a comment about how strong the raw-vegetable-smell is!LOL..Anyway,my total cholesterol is stable(about 4.2),my vital organs(heart,liver,kidneys) are of a good size according to ultrasound checks and my close pals say I've got very few grey hairs now whereas two years ago,the same guys were making fun of me that I had alot!LOL...
BOTTOM LINE: I LOVE my Korean juice extractor! ;D Intriguing! But what kind of cholesterol number is 4.2? Mine was 180+, last time it was checked. What quantity of juice do you drink? Do you keep wheatgrass growing in your house like a houseplant (until it's gone, I mean, then buy a month's worth or something)?
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Post by pilseung on May 13, 2008 23:37:09 GMT -5
Intriguing! But what kind of cholesterol number is 4.2? Mine was 180+, last time it was checked. What quantity of juice do you drink? Do you keep wheatgrass growing in your house like a houseplant (until it's gone, I mean, then buy a month's worth or something)? Hi there Ginnycat 4.2 mmol/L.(Desirable range for TOTAL cholesterol is anything LESS than 5.2 mmol/L.) To convert mmol/L of HDL or LDL cholesterol to mg/dl, multiply by 39.So inversely your 180 should be 4.62 mmol/L approx. Ginnycat,if your cholesterol number is for HDL-cholesterol,the desirable range is anything MORE than 1.04 mmol/L;if your cholesterol number is for LDL-cholesterol,the desirable number is anything LESS than 2.58.So you'll have to check what the 180 relates to. [mmol/l is millimoles/liter, and is the world standard unit for measuring glucose in blood. Specifically, it is the designated SI (Systeme International) unit. "World standard", of course, means that mmol/L is used everywhere in the world except in the US. LOL A mole is about 6*10^23 molecules; mg/dl (milligrams/deciliter) is the traditional unit for measuring bG (blood glucose). All scientific journals are moving quickly toward using mmol/L exclusively. mg/dl won't disappear soon, and some journals now use mmol/L as the primary unit but quote mg/dl in parentheses, reflecting the large base of health care providers and researchers who are already familiar with mg/dl.] I drink about one liter of juice each time.Please note that one should drink the juice on an empty stomach other than the 2 to 3 glasses of filtered water one should have before and after actually drinking the juice.Then wait,at least,half an hour before eating any solids. I do not grow the wheatgrass myself coz I would have problems with the humidity in a ''controlled'' environment.LOL..it goes out of control ;D Anyway,this results in fungi growing on the wheatgrass.So,instead,I buy freshly cut organic wheatgrass from my local healthstore.
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Post by ginnycat5 on May 14, 2008 18:33:32 GMT -5
A liter of juice that's unpleasant to drink? Aigu! I was thinking, maybe 4 oz. Thanks for the explanation of cholesterol numbers. I'll read it more carefully later, after LON.
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